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Credibility
Lyn May is studying creative writing at Warren Wilson College. Her coverage of the school’s hosted panel on sustainable investing, for the Mountain Xpress, focused on the remarks of Patagonia’s…
Warren Wilson College
private liberal arts college in Swannanoa, North Carolina, United States
Education
A college in Asheville has done away with SAT/ACT requirements
Warren Wilson College, the Asheville-based liberal arts college that requires students to work an on-campus job and perform community service, announced Friday it is going test-optional starting fall 2016. That means…
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Representation without Taxation?
At the last meeting of the Buncombe County Commissioners, Mike Fryar made more excellent points than I have the inclination to repeat. One that made headlines was his request that…
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No Comment
Citing “financial concerns,” leadership at Warren Wilson College announced intentions to shut down the school’s business department. “I really love it here and I feel like I couldn’t be better…
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Not a Good Citizen
Warren Wilson’s championship basketball team members filed into the Buncombe County Commissioners’ chambers, each putting their medallions around their necks. They had to take them off to go through the…
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Grammy awards recap
There were no big winners at the Grammy Awards last night. “N(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)s in Paris” (note: explicit lyrics) by rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West won two awards. Dance/techno recording artist Skrillex…
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Making One Unpopular to Win Popularity Contest
After all the holiday good cheer, concession seems unlikely in the fight over a piddly few votes from Warren Wilson College students. Recount options were exhausted. Sooner or later the…
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The More Things Stay the Same
The winner of the second seat in Buncombe County’s District 2 commissioner race remains unknown. A manual recount of 3% of votes cast, or two precincts, showed a difference of…
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The More They Recount, The More Things Stay . . .
The recount of District 2 votes for Buncombe County Commissioner finished early, but that doesn’t mean anything. Mike Fryar had 19,991 votes; Ellen Frost, 19,903; Christina Kelly G. Merrill, 19,886;…
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One of Three Will Keep the Hairdresser Appointment
Christina Kelly G. Merrill’s protest of the recent county commissioner contest was rejected. In a very close race, Merrill claimed procedures for verifying addresses were not strictly followed. In particular,…
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How Buncombe’s Close Race Emerged from Canvass
To recap: Representative Tim Moffitt spearheaded legislation that changed the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners from a five-seat to a seven-seat body. He also divided the county into districts. Republicans…
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Ping Pong
It seemed inconsequential. Wascally Wepublican Wedistwicters cut the most liberal college in the US in half and didn’t bother to tell anybody. 145 people dwelling on the campus of Warren…